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Maybe Oscar died after a struggle (5)

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I believe the answer is:

award

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'maybe oscar' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'died after a struggle' is the wordplay.
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'struggle' becomes 'war' (warring is a kind of struggling).
'a'+'war'='awar'
'd' put after 'awar' is 'AWARD'.

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(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "Grant - prize" , "Tony, for example" , "E.g. Oscar" , "Allotment" , "Prize in recognition of achievement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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